Tue. June 4, 2013
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Filipina singer Clarice Pempengco has publicly acknowledged that she is a lesbian.
When Boy Abunda, host of The Buzz, asked Pempengco during an interview if she were a lesbian, she answered: "Yes, I am."
"I have deep gratitude for the Filipinos because they are the ones who know who I really am," she said. "I don't know what the problem is because for me, there is no problem with that. So now I ask for forgiveness from those who don't understand. And those who cannot accept. I apologize, I understand you."
"To those who could accept, and could accept me, thank you very, very much." she added. "I just want to say to all of you that I feel very light – that I can leave the house knowing I am not hiding anything. ...I love myself, that's why I'm able to do this."
Pempengco, 21, played Sunshine Corazon during the second season of the Fox musical-comedy Glee.
Glee co-star Matthew Morrison congratulated Pempengco.
"Good for her," Morrison told NewNowNext."She's someone who was always very grounded and I always felt like she knew who she was."
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